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Premium: New Shows

CalifornicationReturns: 10 p.m. Sept. 28

I Recap: In the first-season finale of this Golden

Globe-winning series, Hank tried to be gracious that

his ex, Karen, was marrying Bill, but it was all for

naught when Bills teenage daughter, Mia, blurted out

during the ceremony that she and Hank had slepttogether. After her dad attacked Hank, Mia recanted,

and Bill and Karen were married. As Hank and

daughter Becca were about to leave, Karen ran up tothe car, jumped in and ordered Hank to drive. Thethree happily headed off together into the night.

I Cast: David Duchovny, Natascha McElhone, Evan

Handler, Pamela Adlon, Madeleine Martin

BrotherhoodReturns: Nov. 2

I

Recap: In last Decembers second-season finale ofthis Peabody Award-winning series, Freddie tried to

persuade Nozzoli to whack Michael while the U.S.

Attorneys office investigated Freddies furlough. Thedeath of a loved one brought Colin and Rose closer,

but Eileen put her foot down and confronted Tommy

after Dana Chase called the Caffee house.I Cast: Jason Isaacs, Jason Clarke, Annabeth Gish,

Ethan Embry, Fionnula Flanagan, Kevin Chapman

The Life & Times of TimPremieres: 11 p.m. Sept. 28

This animated comedy series chronicles

the life of Tim, an amiable 25-year-oldNew Yorker who keeps getting it in the neckfrom life. As he struggles to get his act

together, girlfriend Amy tries to keep her

faith in him. Tim also is surrounded by a

crew of eccentric characters: Debbie, a mul-

tiracial hooker; Chuk, an Asian bartender;The Boss and his loud assistant, Rodney; and

Tims best friend, Stu.I Cast: Steve Dildarian, Cheri Oteri, MJ

Otto, Nick Kroll, Bob Morrow

Little Britain USAPremieres: 10:30 p.m. Sept. 28

British comedy stars David Walliams andMatt Lucas transplant some of theirmost popular Little Britain characters

including Fat Fighter Marjorie Dawes;

unconvincing transvestite Emily Howard;teenage delinquent Vicki Pollard; amorous

prime minister Sebastian Love; and DafyddThomas, the self-proclaimed only gay in the

village to a stateside setting, accompa-

nied by several new American characters.I Cast: David Walliams, Matt Lucas

CrashPremieres: 10 p.m.

Oct. 17

Loosely basedon the hit filmof the same name,

the pay-cablers

first scripted showis set in Los

Angeles (but

filmed largely in

New Mexico) andfollows the inter-

secting lives of

characters from

different strata ofsociety.

I Cast: Dennis

Hopper, D.B.Sweeney, Clare

Carey, Michael

Fairman, Luis

Chavez, Ross

McCall, JockoSims, Brian Tee,

Arlene Tur, Nick

Tarabay

True BloodPremiered: 9 p.m.

Sept. 7

Small-town Louisianawaitress SookieStackhouse is already

viewed as an oddball byher neighbors, since she

can read peoples

minds. She doesnt help

things, though, whenshe falls for handsome

newcomer BillCompton, a 173-year-old

vampire who has comeout of the coffin, along

with many of his

undead comrades, now

that a new syntheticblood has made it possi-

ble for vampires to sur-

vive without preying on

humans.I Cast: Anna Paquin,

Stephen Moyer, Ryan

Kwanten, Rutina

Wesley, Sam Trammell,Nelsan Ellis

HBOHBO

EntourageReturned: 10 p.m. Sept. 7

I Recap: The guys pitched

Medellin at Cannes and got a

tempting offer from Prince Yair,

but they werent sure he could givethe film the distribution it needed

to make their money back. Afterthe movie premiered and the

audience hated it Yair withdrewhis offer, and Ari ended up selling

Medellin to studio head Harvey

Weingard for $1. Drama, mean-

while, hit it off with a female fanof Viking Quest which is big

in France but had nowhere to

take her to get to know her better

(he complained about his hotelroom and the manager threw him

out). They reconnected at the

Medellin premiere and got busy

on the beach.I Cast: Adrian Grenier, Kevin

Connolly, Jeremy Piven, Kevin

Dillon, Jerry Ferrera, Perrey

Reeves

HBO Showtime

Starz

Premium: Recaps of Returning Favorites

Dexter Returns: 9 p.m. Sept. 28

I Recap: In last Decembers season finale, the unsta-

ble Lila discovered that Dexter was the Bay Harbor

Butcher from his old nemesis, Doakes, who thendied in a fiery explosion Lila caused. Dexter subse-

quently tried to dispatch Lila, but she fled and kid-napped Cody and Astor, Ritas kids. Trying to rescue

them, Dexter was trapped with the kids in a fire Lilastarted, but all three of them escaped. An epilogue

showed Lila living in France, where she returned to

her apartment to find Dexter, who stabbed her in the

chest.I Cast: Michael C. Hall, Julie Benz, Jimmy Smits,

Jennifer Carpenter, Lauren Velez, David Zayas

Anna Paquin

and Stephen

Moyer